Agree...mostly

Agree with the death penalty. Lawful execution is moral and just IF the person under penalty of death is truly guilty. People such as the Manson Family should have been under the earth decades ago. The liberal fools in Calipornia shed tears for these miscreants. Madman Manson and Tex will never see the light of day outside the walls but why should the state pay for their room and board? Not a good thing.

Gang leaders who refuse to disavow their "colors" be they black, brown, white, yellow or red or any combination thereof should be terminated in and out of the prison system. No greater gratitude would be forth coming by the black community than to skim the pond of the scum who terrorize their lives, endanger their children's lives and force a public image of black thuggery. The black community has the greatest % of young men in prison, in crime, on the run, in the court system than any other demographic ethnic group. Skim this scum off the top of the pond and the black community can be productive and walk the streets of the inner cities at night. Same goes for the Hispanic population -- the next highest group of young men relative to their demographics.

Years ago there was a film starring Michael Douglas featuring a group of judges, lawyers and prosecuters who ruled on the death sentence for various evil doers. It was entitled: "The Star Chamber." Eastwood did a spin off of sorts with the motorcyle cops turned vigilantes.

While such a "cleansing" would be salutary for the nation, it will never happen. And in the overall spectrum of political life, it's a good thing more of less. China for example has no qualms about putting one in the brain pan of criminals. Even high profile white collar con men find themselves at the wrong end of the firing squad. Imagine if a man like Madoff or the other rip off artists, if they would have committed their sleight of hand accounting in China. Dead...end of story. It might be a good thing for all to know that if you rip off, destroy the nest egg of thousands of people, young and old...and get busted...you die. All remaining assets would be divided as equally as possible. All of his wealth would be confiscated. Before he was to be executed he was to be advised he is dying a broken and poor man.

"It was all for nothing Bernie...now it ends and you have exactly zero."

Next day...the gallows.

I wonder how many executions nationwide it would take to convince the criminal minded that crime does not pay. Would crime end? Of course not. It would elimnate the greater part of the now rampant crime wave of drugs and other violations. But the society has it in their minds that Prison Nation America is the way to go. It creates jobs...watching those who are incarcerated.

A distinction has to be made between the petty offender and the criminally minded [insane?] career criminal. It would not be difficult to weed out those who will never abide by the rules and those who can be taught a lesson the first time they are incarcerated.

But...there is no fool proof system.

Basically...I approve of the death penalty for murder. Starting with Manson.